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ByNisar KhanIn the final show before SmackDown, Kane and Bray Wyatt brawled, Christian made a bold statement to Alberto Del Rio and Daniel Bryan prevailed after a chaotic main event.

Bray Wyatt addresses his SummerSlam opponent KaneThe mysterious Wyatt Family entered into the arena in San Jose, California. When the lights were back on, Bray Wyatt was in the middle of the ring in his rocking chair, with the other Wyatt Family members Luke Harper and Erick Rowan beside him. Bray Wyatt talked about Kane - the man who he will face in a Ring of Fire at SummerSlam. Wyatt discussed Kane's childhood, and how he found another being behind his mask. The final quote summed up the fearless mentality of Kane's Ring of Fire, "...one man's hell is another man's paradise."

Fire came up from the ring poles and Kane's music hit. The Wyatt Family anticipated his arrival, but Kane would in fact appear from behind them, attacking Luke Harper and Erick Rowan before setting his sights on Bray Wyatt. The two had a huge stare down before Wyatt charged at Kane. The Big Red Monster got the upperhand in exchanges, but then the numbers game caught up and Kane found himself the recipient of another attack.

Review: Really strong segment to kick off the show. The final hype for the Ring of Fire match shows that Bray Wyatt is a danger, and now more questions about the outcome on Sunday are arising. Seemed like Wyatt and Kane collided heads when Bray charged at Kane but they recovered well. Opening a segment like this just fits well on SmackDown. Bray Wyatt gets the better of Kane as the number's game catches up. But at SummerSlam, it will be one-on-one with a ring surrounded by flames. What will be the outcome on Sunday?Damien Sandow vs. ChristianMr. Money in the Bank Damien Sandow battled World Heavyweight Championship #1 contender Christian in an interesting contest between two people of who play a vital role in the current World Heavyweight Championship title picture. Damien Sandow put Christian through a lot of tough punishment. While Sandow may be gracious outside the ring, his aggression had no exception for Captain Charisma. The match majorly consisted of Sandow punishing Christian including throwing him into the steel steps, crashing hard on the outside and taking a lot of torso damage. To conclude the match, Christian went to win with the Kill-Switch, but Sandow wonderfully escaped into a cartwheel before sending Christian crashing to the mat. Sandow was preparing for his Elbow of Distain, only for Christian to move out the way and get the roll-up pin on Damien Sandow.Christian exemplified his win with an emphatic spear to Damien Sandow, before World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio got involved and attacked Christian. The Cross-Arm Breaker was eventually reversed into a Killswitch, and Christian made a bold statement ahead of SummerSlam.Review: On Main Event, Alberto Del Rio defeated Cody Rhodes and now Christian defeated Damien Sandow. Although both victories seem cheap in a way (Del Rio pulling the tights to his advantage and Christian with the roll-up pin) it definitely undermines the Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow match. Again, Christian is made to look an underdog, this is an interesting persona that is being built towards his match against Del Rio considering that he is a veteran. Christian finishes on top going into SummerSlam, while Damien Sandow looks strong although picking up another loss.Christian prevails over the World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio on this encounter. Is this a little of things to come at SummerSlam?AJ Lee & Layla vs. Kaitlyn & Natalya
A short Divas match saw AJ Lee and Kaitlyn battle in a tag team match ahead of SummerSlam, with Layla teaming with AJ and the Natalya teaming with Kaitlyn.

Layla and AJ used numerous cheap tactics to get the advantage, and ultimately did so in the finish, when Layla kicked Kaitlyn's leg setting AJ Lee up to finish it with the Shining Wizard.

Quite an enthralling tag match, and Rob Van Dam picked up huge momentum going into SummerSlam as he pinned Ambrose following the Five-Star Frogsplash, set up by Big Show's WMD Knockout.

The Miz vs. Jack Swagger
Quite a meaningless match which saw The Miz prevail against Jack Swagger. The host of WWE SummerSlam picks up a win, been quite a long time since we have seen him wrestle.

Curtis Axel vs. Zack Ryder
Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel faced Zack Ryder in a short squash match. The only purpose it really served was allowing Paul Heyman to cut a promo after, further hyping the SummerSlam showdown between CM Punk and Brock Lesnar.

Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan
Barrett and Bryan squared off for the third time in two weeks, and it seemed just a messy match. Things got chaotic in the end with Vince McMahon taking out the referee replacing him for Brad Maddox, but Bryan still kicked out. Then Triple H got involved and became the referee to get the pinfall for Bryan after a diving headbutt.

Chaos, further added to by Randy Orton, looking on from the stage with the briefcase in hand.